The West’s desire to ‘liberate’ the Middle East remains as flawed as ever
As Stalingrad-size casualties mount in civil war Syria today, it’s worth remembering how the French and British thought they could create a ‘modern’ Syria in 1941 Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 6 March 2016 36 comments As General de Gaulle set out for the Middle East in April of 1941, he famously wrote that […]